LOCATION.--Lat 44°18'08", long 90°07'19", in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.15, T.21 N., R.3 E., Wood County, Hydrologic Unit 07070003, on right bank 600 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 80 at Babcock, 2.0 mi upstream from Hemlock Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--215 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1944 to September 1996, September 1997 to present.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1308: 1944(M), 1946-47(M), 1949(M). WDR WI-77-1: Drainage area. WDR WI-82-1: 1981 (P).

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 954.69 ft (NAVD88). Prior to Oct. 28, 1948, nonrecording gage at site 600 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--There is a large recreation dam about 5.0 mi upstream. Gage-height telemeter at station.

OPERATED IN COOPERATION WITH:

Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Additional Information:

National Weather Service Flood Forecast Page

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